Sometimes referred to as the "gatherer of the Russian lands", Ivan III Vasilievich (Russian: Иван III Васильевич), also known as Ivan the Great, a Grand Prince of Moscow and a Grand Prince of All Russia ("Великий Князь Всея Руси"), was one of the longest-reigning rulers in Russian history. During his reign from 1462 to 1505, he tripled the territory of his state, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, and laid the foundations of the Russian state.